Mayan Coatimundi Effigy Vessel, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
7.625 x 5.5 x 9.5
PF.0420
This marvelous vessel is of a delicate, light pottery like an eggshell which accurately describes its color as well. Its subject, a raccoon-like tropical mammal with a comic name, appears...
This marvelous vessel is of a delicate, light pottery like an eggshell which accurately describes its color as well. Its subject, a raccoon-like tropical mammal with a comic name, appears pugnacious, but hardly dangerous. His tail has become the spout of this superb Mayan vessel.
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